Do You Hear the Wind? -Monday's Child #41

Do you hear the wind, Mother?
I think its calls to me
Declaring seven sailing ships ready
To sail the seven seas –

Do you feel the wind, Mother?
I feel it in my soul
It pulls upon my childhood heart
To soon let childhood go –

With wind and soul
and with heavy heart
I look into your eyes – Mother,
did you know the time would
come for bittersweet good-byes?

Did you know life’s sailing ships
would anchor in the night,
to carrying away a lifetime of dreams
in such a fateful flight?

Do you see the sails, Mother?
I see them in the harbor
The ships are ready to pull anchor
My childhood no more can linger –

bkmackenzie
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Thought I would submit a piece of my children's poetry this week....Monday's Child
this is one of my favorites..the illustration and this poem...

Illustration by: Florence Edith Storer